The Schiebel CAMCOPTER® S-100 / Cineflex Integration

Now that's a big aerial video helicopter.

Wow!  That thing looked more like a telescope than a camera.  Imagine what you could see with that.  I'll bet if you crash that, you're looking for a new job.

...Tiger

Just think, at the rate we're going we'll have miniature versions of that setup for under a grand in a couple years.

...speaking of expensive aerial camera systems:

This $750K Gyro-Stabilized Camera Rig Leaves Your GoPro in the Dust

http://www.wired.com/design/2013/04/cashing-out/